Cigar-holder



(No Model.)

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GIGAR HOLDER. No. 328,009. Y Patented Oct. 13, 1885.

UNITED Y,STATES- .PATENT OFFrCE.

GEORGE COREY, OF'BRQOKLYN, NEW YORK.

e clem-'HOLDER SPECIFIGATON forming part of Letters I atent No. 328.009, dated October l, 1885.

Appnclionnlea July 21, nass.

. vided at its'opposite end with a projecting flange, by which construction a lighted cigar.'

.contained in said holderis prevented lfrom contact With the surface upon which it may be laid; also, in the construction of said holder, which includes a cigar-receiving ap erture, a chamber 'containing an. absorbent substance, and a separable mouth-piece; also, inthe combination with said holder of a device for holding the cigar at'any point or for holding cigars when nearly consumed.

In the accompanying drawings, -Figure 1 isV a vertical longitudinal section of myimproved holder, showing. a cigar therein. Fig. 2 is a similar section with the short-cigar`holding device in place. Fig. 3 is an end view of the cigar-receivingchamben and Fig. 4 is the short-cigar holding device separately. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A. is a tube of wood or other suitable material.l Inoue end isformed a chamber, B, of suitable shape to receive they end of a cigar, as shown. In theopposit-e end is formed a cylindrical chamber, C, which islled with an absorbent material, preferably in .a wet state-such as sponge soaked with water. The

function of the'sponge is to absorb the nico-f t ine in the smoke, and also by its contained moisture t'o cool the latter. 0n the face of the Achamber B is secured a flanged rim, D. (Shown also in Fig.v3.) The chambers B and 4C communicate by anopening, E.

F is a separable month-piece, secured in any suitable manner to the tube A. The bore o f said month-piece is here shown lined with a.

tube of metal, K, and the weight of said metal should be such as to give said mouth-piece cou'- siderable gravity, vso that it may overbalance theweight of a cigar inserted in the chamber B.; The ledge or yrim D then becomes a rfulcrum, and the cigar and holder turn thereon, so that by means of the weight at the mouthpieceend the cigaigis elevated, and in this way 'is prevented. from coming into contact with 'the table or other support on which it -of which thefollowing is av No. 172,248. (No model.)

may be laid, so that if the cigar be lighted said 'suppo'rti's thus protected from scorching or burning. l

I do not limit myself to a mouth-piece, F, lined with metal, as shown, because I, may make said mouthpiece entirely of metal or other heavy substance which will produce the desired weighting. I prefer the arrangement shown, because the metal lining, in addition to giving weight, protects the material of the mouth-piece from becoming soaked or impregnated with theresiduum of the smoke, and so becoming foul or decayed. It is also advantageous to use as the metal lining a non-oxidizable metal vwhich will not be attacked, or a similar` alloy. l f

The ledge or rim D is preferably made of thin metal, and in addition to serving ns a fulcrnmit protects the end of the holder from becoming burned or broken.

When it is not desirable to insert the end of the cigar in the chamber B-as, for exam ple', when the cigar isburned very short--I arrange in said chamber a stopper or plug, G,

having a metallic face, H.

'Passing through the stopper and face is a tube, I, pointed and Apr-rrforated at its outer end; also, on the face H are two projecting points, J. The pointed end of the tube I and the points J enter the cigar, as shown in Fig. 2, and the smoke is drawn through the tube l.

1. A cigar-holder comprising a body portion, at one end thereof a weighted mouthpieceand at the Othelend a projectingiiange, substantially as described. i

2. A cigar-holder having a body portion, and at one end thereof a weighted mouthpiece, the said weight consisting'of a lining of heavy metal in the bore of saidmonthpiece, aud'a projecting flange at the other cud thereof, substantially as described.

3. The combinationo'f the tube the chamber B, and the plug G, having the perforated and pointed t'ube I, metall-ic face H, and projecting points J, substantially as dcscribed.

4. 'The combination of the tube A, having the chambers B and C, the plug G, having the perforated and pointed tube I and projecting points J, the rim D, andthe weighted monthpiece F, substantially as described.- Witnesses: GEORGE COREY.

P. BEN. 1AM1N, W. E. Donau.

A, having 

